Green Planet Films

When you think of California, what images pop first into mind? Ocean,beaches, mountains, healthy living, Hollywood, beautiful people. All of which are true. But so is the fact that California is the third largest oil producing state in the nation. Today while four-term Governor Jerry Brown is an outspoken champion of reducing emissions that contribute to global warming he is simultaneously a big promoter of California's oil and gas industry. This film asks, can you really be for both?

The style of 1.5 Stay Alive is part music video and part factual. In it, popular Caribbean musicians express their experiences with rising seas by composing and performing songs about climate change, and their visions of how to confront it.

National Geographic "ocean hero" Jon Bowermaster organized a learn-to-swim camp in the Maldives to teach 50 third graders and 20 of their burka-clad mothers how to swim. In a place more threatened by global climate change and rising sea levels than almost anywhere on the planet, it is important that its residents understand what is at risk. Diving into the ocean is a big first step!

A cross between "The Last Waltz" and "An Inconvenient Truth," "Dear Governor Cuomo" captures a concert organized on the doorstep of the New York state governor to protest the lifting of a four-year moratorium against hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The event brought together scientists, musicians, activists and actors in a scripted night onstage inviting the governor to join the anti-fracking majority in his home state. The film that resulted -- with musical direction by Natalie Merchant, and...

Klunkerz documents mountain bike history during the late 1960s and 1970s in Northern California. The film examines the relationships of the San Francisco Bay Area hippies, athletes, artists and entrepreneurs who are directly responsible for the global popularization off-road cycling. Klunkerz includes interviews with those present at the embryonic stages of the sport including Mountain Bike Hall of Fame members Gary Fisher, Charlie Kelly, Joe Breeze, Tom Ritchey, Mike Sinyard, Steve Potts,...

Written On Water focuses on the Ogallala Aquifer and examines the conflicts, politics, economics and groundwater depletion in the High Plains region. Farmers and communities survive on the precious waters of the Aquifer, yet it is being depleted at alarming rates. Since the 1960's, advances in irrigation technology allowed farmers to transform the 'Great American Desert' into their own fertile agricultural oasis. The Ogallala supports over one-fifth of the grain, beef and cotton of the U.S....

Esteem is a profound documentary that explores the fundamental reason behind the environmental crisis. It suggests that our destruction of the earth is a mirror of humanity's psychological and emotional state, and shows how we can heal this wound with vulnerability, compassion, love and mindfulness.

Follows the story of Texans fighting a high-stakes battle for clean air. The film introduces the unlikely partners-mayors, ranchers, CEOs, community groups, legislators, lawyers, and citizens-that have come together to oppose the construction of 19 conventional coal-fired power plants that were slated to be built in Eastern and Central Texas and that were being fast-tracked by the Governor. Narrated by Robert Redford.

Life is One is the story of three orphan sun bear cubs from Indonesia and their return to the wild. The story is told by the foster parent of these cubs (Director Patrick Rouxel) who accompanied them to their independence. The viewer is placed in total immersion with the bears in the rainforest and discovers how beautiful, joyful and energetic they are. The film is a tribute to life on earth, a reminder that we are all connected and that we owe respect and compassion to those we share the...

Narrated by Emma Thompson. To the Ends of the Earth follows concerned citizens living at the frontiers of extreme oil and gas extraction - tar sands in Alberta, oil shale in Utah, and seismic testing in the Arctic - bearing witness to a global crossroads. They call for human ingenuity to rebuild society at the end of the fossil fuel era. Two films on one DVD: 80 min Director's Cut amd 55 min Broadcast Cut.

Wellfleet Harbor off of Cape Cod Bay features a particularly striking and unusual tidal environment. Central to its ecosystem are naturally occurring wild Oyster beds and increasingly important shellfish aquaculture grants. During the spring and early summer high tides it is also the meeting place of local populations of two threatened species: Horseshoe Crabs and Diamondback Terrapin Turtles. This film presents the research efforts of scientist, naturalists and local citizens to understand...

An international group from the Artists for Nature Foundation are invited to Peru to sketch and paint the unusual dry forest of Tumbesia. It teems with unique species but is being cut down at an alarming rate. See how the artists do it: from the moment they spot a bird to the last stroke of the brush. As they paint, they explain what they do, what motivates them, and what their feelings are for the forest and its creatures.